Photo: Niceley · CC BY-SA 4.0Thousand Oaks sees less violent crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns
The yearly rates were 1.1 violent crimes and 10.4 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 4.9 and 21.4 in the rest of California. Thousand Oaks’s overall Safety Grade is B (#55 of 416 graded towns in California, and #15 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Add to that, of the 3 towns on its borders with figures, one records less crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of CA” is every other California city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Thousand Oaks
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 California towns on Thousand Oaks’ borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Simi Valley (B), Camarillo (B), Westlake Village (C+). Santa Rosa Valley, Lake Sherwood and Oak Park are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among California towns, higher
California’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Thousand Oaks’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 87% of the 416 California towns we grade, against 59% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: below U.S. cities overall
Thousand Oaks’ police reported 2 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 2.7 per 100,000 residents a year, below the rest of California (4.2) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: below the rest of California
17.9 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (15 reported in 2025), below the rest of California (124) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Thousand Oaks reports less crime per resident than 95% (#15). Places like it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Thousand Oaks’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Thousand Oaks | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 7.7 |
| 2023 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Thousand Oaks | Rest of California | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21.6 | 136 | 95.5 |
| 2023 | 22.8 | 142 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 18.8 | 128 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 12.1 | 102 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Thousand Oaks’ police reported 2 homicides, 15 robberies and 156 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of California and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Thousand Oaks per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Thousand Oaks property | Rest of California property | Thousand Oaks violent | Rest of California violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.1 | 24.9 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 11.2 | 25.0 | 1.1 | 5.4 |
| 2024 | 10.2 | 20.9 | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 9.9 | 18.5 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of California.
1,374 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
156 violent and 1,218 property, as reported to the FBI by Thousand Oaks’ police.
29 people died in crashes on Thousand Oaks’s roads in 2019–2023
Thousand Oaks had 26 fatal crashes in five years, in which 29 people died; 6 were pedestrians.
That is 4.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for California towns of 100,000+ people (7.7, 76 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Thousand Oaks and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Oaks | B | 1.1 | 10.4 |
| Santa Rosa Valley | — | — | — |
| Lake Sherwood | — | — | — |
| Simi Valley | B | 1.3 | 8.8 |
| Oak Park | — | — | — |
| Camarillo | B | 1.2 | 11.9 |
| Westlake Village | C+ | 1.7 | 18.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Santa Rosa Valley, Lake Sherwood and Oak Park are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
California towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Oaks | B | 1.1 | 10.4 |
| Fairfield | C− | 5.3 | 18.8 |
| Concord | D | 4.7 | 29.3 |
| Antioch | D | 6.4 | 28.6 |
| Vallejo | D− | 7.7 | 37.3 |
| Berkeley | D− | 6.5 | 50.8 |
The five graded California towns closest to Thousand Oaks’ population (122,230), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Thousand Oaks. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Thousand Oaks’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (123,592 in 2025); our figure for Thousand Oaks is 122,230 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Thousand Oaks
Is Thousand Oaks, CA safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Thousand Oaks reports less crime per resident than 59% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #55 of 416 in California. Its police reported 1.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.9 in the rest of California and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Thousand Oaks?
1.1 violent and 10.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of California reports 4.9 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Thousand Oaks in 2025?
Thousand Oaks’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.6 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Thousand Oaks safer than Simi Valley?
Simi Valley reports less crime per resident than Thousand Oaks: Simi Valley grades B for safety and Thousand Oaks B. Simi Valley’s police reported 1.3 violent and 8.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Thousand Oaks?
Thousand Oaks’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Thousand Oaks”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.